CITIZENS AGAINST RENT CONTROL v. CITY OF BERKELEY

Docket No. S.F. 24124.

27 Cal.3d 819 (1980)

614 P.2d 742

167 Cal. Rptr. 84

CITIZENS AGAINST RENT CONTROL et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. CITY OF BERKELEY et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California.

August 7, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Michael Lawson, City Attorney, Theodore R. Lakey, Acting City Attorney, and Charles O. Triebel, Jr., for Defendants and Appellants.

Robert M. Myers, David C. Velasquez, William H. Jennings, Stephen Shane Stark, George Agnost, City Attorney (San Francisco), Burk E. Delventhal, Diane L. Hermann and Alice Suet Yee Barkley, Deputy City Attorneys, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

Dobbs & Nielsen, Vigo G. Nielsen, Jr., John E. Mueller and James R. Parrinello for Plaintiffs and Respondents.


OPINION

MOSK, J.

May a municipality constitutionally place a limit on the size of contributions to committees formed to support or oppose ballot measures? We conclude that while the challenged legislation must be examined with great care, such a limit is constitutional because it serves compelling governmental interests without unduly infringing upon First Amendment rights. Although resolution of a conflict between fundamental interests...

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